Cruet ob bottle for casters



UNITED srarns PATENT orFrcE.

JOHN O. MEAD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CRUET 0R BOTTLE FOR CASTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom 'it may concern:

. Be it known that I, JOHN O. MEAD, of the city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a neuT and useful Improvement in Bottles for Cruet and other Stands; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists in so constructing the cruets and bottles of cruet stands, that they may be adapted to each other and to the stand substantially in the manner described hereafter, in order that they may occupy but little space Without any diminution of their requisite capacity, and thereby render the whole stand more compact and portable.

In order to enable others to make and use my invention, I Will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

On reference to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification; Figure 1, is an exterior view of a cruet stand With cruets, illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2, a sectional plan, on the line l, 2 (Fig. l). Fig. 3, an inverted plan of the base. l

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The cruet stand consists of a circular boX or disk A, supported by thethree legs a, a, a. Above the circular box is a ring B of the same diameter as that of the box, and secured to the latter by vertical strips C. A centralrod D is attached to the box, and on the top of this rod is an eye d, forming a handle by which the instrument may be carried about. The stand, Which may be made of ornamented silver or plated Ware, diifers but little in external appearance from ordinary cruet stands, excepting that it is much smaller in size. The internal arrangement of the box A, however, is very different from that of the usual cruet stands, in Which the boxes are divided by partitions into separate compartments, one for each bottle or cruet. These partitions are entirely dis- 22,970, dated February 15, 1859.

pensed With by my improved construct-ion of the bottles or cruets themselves.

On reference to Fig. 2, it will be observed that there are four separate vessels or cruets H, H', H2, and H3, and that the section of each represents a triangle, one of the sides of Which is curved, so as to be adapted to the curved interior of the box, the other sides being straight and coinciding with a radial line, drawn from the center of the rod D to the circumference of the box. It Will thus be seen, that the four vessels or cruets occupy the Whole area of the box, With the exception of a trifling amount in the middle, Where the corner of Yeach vessel is cut away, in order to make room for the central rod.

NOW it is evident that if'the ordinary round bottles or cruets Were used, in a stand of this size illustrated, and each bottle Was separated by the ordinary partition, they Would be far too small to serve the ordinary useful purpose. When the bottles are formed as shown in Fig. 2, however, their capacity mustnecessarily be increased and be amply suflicient for the contents desired.

The whole instrument is thus condensed into that small compass, which renders it more convenient to carry about than the ordinary cumbrous cruet stand, and this Without any sacrifice of capacity. It is especially Well adapted for use in hotels, and dining rooms Where meals have to be conveyed from room to room, as the instrument occupies but little space on a tray.

Another advantage of my improvement is that the bottles or cruets are packed so closely together and so adapted to each other, that the rattling about common to the usual stands is for the most part avoided.

To the underside of the box A, a cup I for containing salt is hinged in such a manner that it can be readily turned away from the box, When the contents are exposed and a portion of them abstracted, and as readily turned back underneath the box, so that the cup is covered and the contents prevented from escaping When the instrument is carried about from place to place.

I do not desire to confine myself to the use of four bottles or cruets only7 inasmuch as more or less than that number may be adapted to each other` and comprised Within a small compass, in the same manner as the 5 four: But

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

Constructing the cruets or bottles of cruetstands sovthat they may be adapted to each l0 other and to the stand, substantially as herein set forth and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of y two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN O. MEAD.

Witnesses. ...u

HENRY HowsoN,

V. C. GOODWIN. 

